Envelop and card feed device for type-writing machines.



L. C. MYERS.

ENVELOP AND CARD FEED DEVICE FOR TYPE WRITING MACHINES. Y

APPLICATION FILED IUNEZI. 1912.

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APPUCATEON FILED JUNE 21,1912.

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APPLICATION FILED JUNLE 21, 1912. 1,136,034, Patented. Apr. 26, 1915.

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ll TTOR/VE Y LEWIS C. MYERS, OF NE'W YORK, ll. 35., ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO ROYAL TYPEEVIRITEB COMPANY, INC., 03 NEW YORK. N. Y., A CORPORATION OF DIE-N YORK.

Specification of. Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 2%), 1915.

Application filed June 21, 1912. Serial No. 704.364..

To all "ll/71 0m. it may cont-cm Be it known that I, LEWIS G. MYERS, a. citizen of the United States of America, residing in the horough of Brooklyn, city and State of Yew York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Envelop and Card Feed Devices for Type-Writing Machines. of which the fo owing is a specification.

This in rention is shown as applied to the card feeding: de ices disclosed in the application of Edward B. Hess, No. (344,386, filed August 16, 1911; and in a sense is an iinprmeinent thereon, although applicable no doubt to other apparatus designed for the same purpose.

The invention primarily consists in providing means for adjustment of the length of the receptacle to adapt it to receive cards and envelope of dili'erent lengths; and-pretcrahl there is an indicator operated automatically by such adjustment to apprise the operator of the sta'ndard sizes of enrelops for which the receptacle may he adjusted. kdjustnient oi the length of the receptacle is made equally at both ends so as not to disturb the svnnnetrical relation of the contained enrclops to the printing: point on the platen of the machine. These features together with. several minor ones are hereinafter full described.

In the acmuu'mnyinc drawing: Figure 1, is a front elevation showing the card receptacle adjusted for enrclops of the great estlength for which it is adapted. Fig". 1%. a similar View slmwin r the length of the reccptade reduced to receive cnreiops of the shortest length indicated on the scale. Fig. 3. a top plan View of what shown in Fig. 1. 1'. an elevation of the right hand end ol the apparatus: and 5. 7 and 8 are detail views of the cam device for actuating the mivclop 'lcedinp' lever.

incc the apparatus illustrator except with respect to the special features or improvements contclnplatei'l by this application, the no in all respects as that disclosed in tow above mentioned application of Edward ll. llcss. those portions only coniprising the improvements will he described in detail.

With n the rnielop receptacle 1 are end pl, l. 2, EliO LIlElQ from the ends toward the center for purposes of adjustment. The bottom edges of the end gage plates 2, 3, may rest and more upon the floor l of the receptacle and their front and rear edges are slidable upon or closely adjacent to the front and rear walls of the receptacle.

Adjacent the top of the gage plate 3 there is secured on the face thereof adjacent the end wall of the receptacle a strap or plate 5 the projecting rear end of which projects through a horizontal slot 7 in the rear wall of the receptacle as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1. Just beyond the front edge of the gage plate 3 this strap turned at right angles and extends across the front parallel with the "front wall of the receptacle. This front portion of the strap is marked 8 and the portion thereof between the part- 8 and. the front edge of the plate runs in a slot 9 in the front wall 10 of the box as shown in Fig. 1. The lower edge of the part 8 of the metal plate or strap is for a suitable distance from its end, which extends inwardly beyond the center of the receptacle. formed with rack teeth 11. The gageplate 2 has attached to its a similar strap 12 arranged in all respects the same as the strap 5 and extending horizontally across the front of the receptacle in a plane below the strap the front horizontal portion thereof 13 being formed on its upper edge with rack teeth 1%. Gearing with the racks of the two plates 8 and 13 is a pinion 15. the'shaft 16 of which mounted in a strap or bracket- 17 attached to the l'ront wall of the receptacle and may he rotated by means at a knob 18 projecting from the front face of the receptacle near its top. ll'ith this construction the end 231.21: plates will besupportcd "vertically and guided in their movem nts to and from the center of the machine. There secured across the front Face of the receptacle contigruous to the top th reof a plate 19 that covers the racks and through which the Si aft of the pinion cXlcnds.

As the adjusting pinion is rotated the end flufic plates are moved in and out. on one of the movable racks. prcl crahly the lower one, there is an index pointer "i l coil icrating with a scale on the front wall ll of the receptacle. marked with the numerals 10. l, iii

The drawings show this scale as outer face latter is in elevated position.

The frontv wall of the receptacle terminates above the floor thereof and is cut away for acconnnodation of the vibrating envelop feeding lever. At the left hand side .of the receptacle there is a guard plate 24 attached to gage plate 2 and extending horizontally across the front of the receptacle, below the lower edge of the front wall 10, toward the central line of the receptacle. This is to provide a sure means of holding in position small envelops when pressed forward by the spring followers. shown as vertical rods or rollers 33 carried in suitable light frames 34. I

The cam or wiper 25 located on the platen shaft and turning therewith differs from the one shown in the before mentioned application of Edward B. Hess in that its nose or feed lever operating portion 26 is pivotally mounted on the body of't he cam ring so that it may be adjusted to a position radial to the axis in which it will act upon. a projecting lip or lug 28 on the vertical movable arm 27 that operates the envelop feeding lever or may be turned to a position parallel to the axis of the platen in which it will not operate said arm when the platen is rotated. This is for the purpose of providing for free revolution of the platen for adjustment or other purposes without feeding an envelop from the receptacle. The adjustable nose or'operating part 26 may readily be turned by the operator to either position.

The vertically movable arm 27 is guided at its lower end in an aperture in a bracket 29 and at its upper end is operatively connected to the envelop feed lever 23 by a pin and slot connection 30 between which and the pivot 31 of said lever a coiled extension spring 32 is connected to the arm and, at its lower end, to the vertically movable arm 27.,

1 claim: 1

1. An envelop receptacle having means for attachment to a typewriting machine, a spring follower for pressing contained envelops toward the front of the receptacle,

movable end plates and means for simultanco-usly adjusting the end plates toward and from the center of the receptacleto change its effective length to adapt it to envelops of different sizes. I

2. An envelop receptacle having means for attachment to a typewriting machine, a spring follower for p essing contained envelops toward the fr it of the receptacle, movable end plates and rack and pinion means, means for simultaneously adjusting These followers are incense the end plates toward and from the center of the receptacle to change its effective length to adapt it to envelops of different each having a projection at the rear edge guided in a slot in the rear wall of the receptacle, a projection at the front edge guided in a slotin front wall of the receptacle, a horizontal strap projection or part extending horizontally across the front face the respective plates being arranged in different horizontal planes overlapping one another, and provided on adjacent edges with rack teeth, and a rotatable pinion located between and gearing with thesets of rack teeth, whereby the end plates may be adjusted to adapt the receptacle to envelops v of the receptacle such strap projections of 1 ceptacle such strap projections of the re-,

spective plates being arranged in different horizontal planes overlapping one another, and provided on adjacent edges with rack teeth, a rotatable pinion located between and gearing with the sets of rack teeth, whereby the end plates may be adjusted to adapt the receptacle to envelops of different sizes, and an indicating device movable with one of the strap projections and cotiperating indicating devices on the front of the box.

5. An envelop receptacle for a typewriting machine having means for attachment,v

to the machine, a spring follower for pressing contained envelops toward the front of the receptacle, end pieces movable toward and from the center of the receptacle, means for adjusting the end pieces to vary the effective length of the receptacle and a front plate against which the envelops are pressed movable with one of the end plates and forming a partial closure for the front of the receptacle.

6. The combination with a typewriting machine of an envelop receptacle adapted to be mounted on the machine, a transversely arranged rocking lever-for feeding the envelops one by one from the receptacle to the platen of the machine, a vertical movable arm operatively connected with the envelop feed lever and serving to actuate the same,

a projection thereon and a projecting member turning with the platen and adapted to strilre the pro ection on said arm to effect feed of an envelop once in each revolution of the platen, said projecting member turn ing with the platen being adjustable so that it may at will be turned into or out of operative position. 7'

An envelop receptacle for a typewriting machine having means forattachment to the machine and comprising movable end plates to each of which is applied a strap that projects at the rear edge of the plate and travels in a slot in the back wall of the receptacle extends forward beyond the front edge of the plate and then is disposed at right angles transversely across the front of the receptacle, the part tween the front edge of transverse portion of the strap traveling in a slot in. the ifront Wall of the receptacle and the two straps being applied to the respective plates in different horizontal planes so as to or'elie one another with a vertical spacebetween them.

the plate and the -vided on adjacent edges with rack of said strap be 8. An envelop receptacle for a typewriting machine having means for attachment to the'machine, movable end plates each having a projection at the rear edge guided in a slot in the rear Wall of the receptacle, a projection at the front edge guided in a slot in front all of the receptacle and a horizontal strap projection or part extending horizontally across the front face of the receptacle such strap projections of the respective plates being'arranged in different horizontal planes overlapping one another, and proteeth and means for adjusting the end plates toward and from the center of the receptacle.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name.

LEWIS C. MYERS.

Witnesses:

.E. B. Hess,

G. E. HANDLEY. 

